The Weekly Herald. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 27, 1907 Page: 1 of 8
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HEADQUARTERSi
FORT WORTH
his rounds 1
the 4ay, the
on * small b
if FOrt Worth
Weatherford Compaey tn^jM in j I
Deal—Abilene and AmariU^VBl M
Be Keaehed bj Wires Under
Csntmtlti. . 1
Mere Is Said to be necessary by fear,
teen Hear Law—Office Force te be
Increased Use. Jp\
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The Herald learned Mondar from an
official of theiTexas and PadSc rail-
road who naked tjhat his name be With-
held from appearing In this jnenn m
that the road is sertopeiy-oontemi at
ing the establishment of a frettft di-
vision at Weat^drford. It
likely, according to the official, tffht
the action will be taken at a very near
date, as It has been contemplated, for
' ort Worth, Texas, Tune as.—"Fort
Worth will be bmdquarters of the South-
ern Telephone
To Close Out at Reduced
Prices, Every Day This
Week. >+ j» j* ^
sod Electric Company
which baa been organised and baa control
of or option* on independent telephone
linen through North Texas, and which will
begin active operation* in extension of
other lines Sept. 1.” say* J. C. Casler, gen
eral manager of the Fort Worth Telephone
Company, and a director In the new com-
pany.
The Southern Telephone and Electrical
Company will not operate exchanges In
the larger cities, being organised chiefly
for the purpose of taking over and
strengthening the long distance linen.
Line* of the Fort Worth Long Diatanon
Telephone Company, over which the loeal
Independent line operates its southern and
western long distance work, have already
been acquired by the Southern Telephone
and Electric Company, which haa options
on Independent lines between Fort Worth
and Dallas and Fort Worth and Sherman
and practically all the Independent line*
In North Texas.
A statement coming from flan Antonio
that the company had acquired the Fort
Worth Telephone Company is denied by
Mr. Casler.
The Fort Worth Long Distance Tele-
phone Company, which hqa been absorbed
by the Sontbern Telephone and Electric
Company, owns the line* ever which the
Independent company operate* aonth and
west These lines extend from Fort Worth
to Waxahachle giving connection to Wneo
and all aonth Texas points, nnd also frma
Fort Worth to Weatherford, from which
.connection was obtained as far as Cisco.
The company
flee on North Main street, ar.d was
telling these Fort Worth gentlemen
about the coal mine prospects. Said
one of the gentlemen,—the younger
one—"By the w«y. if you open up s
coal mine here, this good old town
with the Fort Worth interurban
will do mm* tail growing in a few
months. Eh?" Now, this young gen-
tleman who is at the head of a very
large and potential Fort Worth busi-
ness, saw immediately that he had
made a slip, and in fact, "had put his
foot In it,” and when he realised that
he had been “talking for publication”
as the expression goes, he wanted the
reporter to let him off. But the news-
paper man was inexorable as fate It-
self for here he was with a “beat” and
saw no way out but to use it. Finally
the Fort Worth man received the re-
porter’s promise that his identity
would be withheld, and then he told
what he knew about the interurban
business. Said he:
“1 was yesterday In conference with
the three biggest men in the deal, the
financial end of the deal, in fact; they
assured me that the contract had been
signed up to build the Interurban from
Fort Worth to Mineral Wells, vis
Weatherford, and that It had not been
contemplated, so ffur as their company
was concerned, to build it by may
other route. That an Interurban route,
and this route especially, had never
been regarded In the light of a freight
railroad, and probably never would be
so regarded. At any rate, Insofar as
the PXtrt Worth oompaitf Wa* oon-
oerned, the route by way of Spring-
town had never been taken into con-
sideration from the time of the firat
survey and the report of the engineers
on the feasibility of the two routes.
"The road would run through a long
stretoh of sandy country and when the
wind is blowing it would be something
fearful for- tourist travel to have to
sit In closed cars to keep out the dust,
if it were built by Springtown.
For that reason, as much as ''anything
else, the company only regards Weath-
erford as .the feasible route. Spring-
town people have merely been wasting
breath and good printers’ ink chew-
ing the rag over something which
there has never been the Temoteat pos-
sibility of their getting,
"I fee) sure, from what my inform-
ants in Fort Worth said to me, that
a portion of the road will be baiit this
ysar, possibly as far as Weatherford."
And so Weatherford gets the tntec-
urban. Told you so. Nothing like
wanting a thing and going afijer it in
the right way.
The Index can now throw one of
those fits. Throw ’em on the ’stall-
raent plan.
some time, ever since last December,
in fact, when the yards became sfl con-
gested with freight. The plan is now
being considered by the proper offi-
cials and it is expected that an an-
nouncement will be made in a few
days.
As the fourteen hour law will soon
go into effect this will make Hie move
almost imperative, as it is now practi-
cally impossible to make the mn trom
Dallas to Baird in that length of time.
What is also contemplated in addi-
tion to the establishment of the freight
division is the erection of s large cov-
ered transfer shed, putting doty n more
yurd trackage, with a force of twenty
or twenty-five men constantly at work
in the transfer sheds, in addition to a
material increase in the office force.
The gentleman who gamete Herald
this information is In'a position to
know what he is talking About, but
did not care to bf quoted.
in and say "Just
We will show you a
is truly "just wrigfa
and wear.
Special in White Lawn Waists
Regular $3.00 Waists, this week.............. .......
Regular $2.50 Waists, this week......................
Regular $2.00 Waists, this week......................
Regular fi.50 Wtnli, this week • ••*..«««
itor of the Fort Worth Telegram
the Herald Wednesday, conveyed
information that not only had the
tract not been signed, but that S
ft Webster of Boston, Mass.,
merely considering the proposttic
sn interurban by'some route to
oral Wells, and that it would bet
months yet before any sort of 1
clsion would be reached in the mi
as to whether they would build a
by any route.
THE BUSY STORE
Brakeaan of Santa Fa la Weatherford
Meets WHk Penial* Ar.Mvat la
Yard Tuesday Afternoon. £
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P bss also purchased the
Weatherford Independent company, ssd
will operate the exchange there.
Extended to A biles*.
Beginning Sept. 1, extensive work will
be started by the new company and the
line west on the Texts and Pacific will be
extended to Abilene immediately and pos-
sibly farther, while soother line will be
started np the Fort Worth and Denver
City, which will go aa far aa Amarillo.
Hitherto the independent company has not
had connection northwest
STREET NAMES
SCHOOL
While engaged in his duties as
brakeman In the Santa Fe yards hear
the York avenue depot, James Smith
fell and was caught by his engine be-
fore he could get out of the way of
the wheels.
His right foot was caught and pretty
badly mashed, though It was not
hought at 2 o’clock that the foot would
have to be amputated. When the Her-
ald reporter got to the scene Smith
was being cared for by two or three
physicians in the passenger station.
The accident occurred about 2 o'clock.
POPULATION
City Closes Contract With San Antonis
Company to Name and N amber
All Streets.
Of Weatherford—Flgires Jsst Cam
plied Shaw Material Increase In
\ umber ef Children in Public
Schools.
Following to the Hat of
have enrolled for the summer
under direction of Professor 1
of Mineral Wells:
W. R. Bunch, Weatherford;
Harris, Weatherford; Adaar
Weatherford; Hattie Ator, W
ford; Esther Sellars, Henrietta
tie Hamlll, Weatherford; Myrtl
ry, Weatherford: Annie Irvine,
erford; Nora Davidson. Weatfe
Sallie Hall, Weatherford; W. 1
dan, Buckner; Warren Thomas*
L H. Thomas, Brock; Alice, 1
Brock; Mattie Lake. Mineral
Ida Belle Leach. Weatherford;
Stoker. Weatherford; Mablfl i
Buckner; Lula Moreland, Otaet
Newsom. Springtown; Joe
Springtown; V. E. Davenport.
Mary Lou Wythe, WeatherfiM
line Ray. Weatherford? BeataS
Weatherford; Belle Hayuen^M
Wells; Alma Becknec, Wall
Hester McKInsey, WeatheiftM
Clark. Weatherford; Xto^Bj
I. About Two Weeks Work WiUj|g)-i.
Contract Wss Closed Last sJhT
dnykf Atompup's Rtpnseato - 4
the Sam 6r*«Bl.{j£.
It will he only about twfJfcrV
longer before the street* of Weather-
ford will be plainly tottered and num-
bered at each oorner. •
The contract for the Job was closed
up by the/dty authorities with Sam
Oranat, representing Southern pign
Oo., of Ban Antonio, Texas. Mr. Oranat
had been in town several days at
work upon the proposition, and only
succeeded in coming to-terms last Sat-
urday. The Job will cost the city sev-
eral hundred dollars when completed
The appended table Juat finished be-
ig compiled by Census-taker A. D.
(token, shows the complete returns
from the scholastic census of Weath-
erford. A material increase In the
number of eligible school children Is
shown over last year:
The Southern Telephone and Electric
Company was organised In Los Angeles
for the purpose of taking over the long
distance lines of the Independents and
building a greater system of such lines in
Texas, but has a large number of stock-
holders In Texas, Including Fort Worth
and Dallas.
the company are E. L.
Lion and Lamb Dine Together.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Newton of Min-
eral Wells (Mr. Newton being editor
of the Index) stopped over In Weath*
erford today enroute to Ctoudcroft,
New Mexico', where they go to tarry
a spell for Mr. Newton's health, he
being a sufferer from nervousness.
While here Mr. and Mrp. Newton re-
newed acquaintances, and dined with
the aasoclate editor of the Herald, and
enjoyed Mrs. Belle Porter’s excellent
cuisine. Mr. Newton’s health has per-
mitted him to do very little work for
the pest three years, but haa kept his
paper bright and sparkling and alive
for his town, nevertheless.
Officers
Swslme, Los Angeles, formerly treasurer
snd general manager of the Home Tele-
phone Company of Los Angeles, president;
R. F. Wilson, banker of San Francisco,
vice president; J. N. 0. Reck, Los Angelas,
secretary; F. J. Norris, caahlar of the Oc-
cidental Trust and Savings Company of
Lo* Angeles, treasurer.
J. C. Casler, manager of the Fort Worth
Telephone Compauy, Is one of the directors
of the new company, which will have it*
headquarters and offices In the building
of the Fort Worth Telephone Company.
(Mr. Casler was In Weatherford Monday
but when asked by the Hersld regarding
the truthfulness of the rumor which bad
reached the Herald to the effect that the
Fort Worth people bad bought or were
about to bay the Home Telephone Com-
pany of Weatherford, Mr. Casler admitted
that a ileal waa on, bat stated that It
would not be ready for publication for
When ahoam the attic*,' to
T yearn 77
H years ..
0 years ..
10 years ..
11 years
12 yeut a
13 years ..
14 years .
15 years ..
At *d?b street oorner building and
on either side, there will be placed
about 7 1-2 feet high from the side-
walk, a neat metal sign from eight to
twenty-eight laches in length and
about three Inches high. ThA letters
snd signs are made from 32-gaug»
Steel and will be hqayBy japanned, the
INSURANCE FIELD NOT DESERTED
Companies Apply tor Permits, While
Others Leave,
Special to the Herald.
Austin. Texas, June 2#.—While life
insurance companies are leaving the
state on acoonnt of the so-called dras-
tic features of the Robertson insur-
ance law, others are daily applying for
permission to do business in Texas.
Ten companies have officially declared
their Intention of leaving the state and
there are nearly an equal number
which' have applied for permits.
do; Mary McGllnehey.Bjjnr,
Birdie Sellars. Hnnrtotthjftpffl
Springtown: Berta Smith. Dies
ma Hood, Springt«»*;-|khar,
Springtown; Berth* Lowe, W
ford Bertha Ooato, Santo; La
borne, Peaster; Mary Littlefield,
Minnie Donglson, Spring Creel
tie McQuerry, Christian; &&
Quinn. Weatherford; Bffle
Weatherford; Mrs. Marion *
Otney; Beatrice Warren, Weati
Have Not Acted.
A special telegram to the Fort Worth
Telegram from Boston, Mass., of J^
25th, says: Stone- A Webster abso-
lutely assert that no definite steps
have been taken toward contracting
to build an tnternrban line between
Fort Worth and Mineral Wells.
The matter haa been discussed by
officials of the oompany, but accord-
ing to their statements, no deciaton
has yet been reached. The company
is now considering plans for the Fort
Worth-Cleburne Interurban and will
probably dispose of that before going
ahead with the For^ftorth-Mineral
At the regular meeting of Phoenix
letters being
Lodge, No. 275, Saturday night, the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing year:
Chaa. MacNelly, W. M.
A. R. Kuykendall, S. W.
J. W. Bunting, J. W.
L. M. Ballsy, Treasurer. •
J. 8. Morton, Secretary.
J. R, Brown, Tyler.
white and emboaHPrb an eighth
of an iMfi In hf^H
This Will be a’^ett. mprovement
and one that has been felt and needed
for a long time. The city council rad
mayor are to be heartily congratulated
on this most commendable move.
thirty day*,
the Telegram of yesterday, last night at
Mineral Wells, Mr. Cosier would sot ad-
mit that the deal had been closed.!
Party Sees to District
The following party 01
and neighborhood towm
gone to Ranger, Texas,
With Check Forgery.
Prof. C. P. Hudson left tor Weather-
ford last Monday to take charge of
the 8ummer Normal which convenes
in that city today and will continue
until August 2. “We pro expecting a
full attendance. All teachers must
attend for twenty days, ft'they expect
to stand the examination at the close
of the normal. We are expecting a
profitable eeeoion," said Prof. Hud-
son—Inie*. <♦;
The young man mentioned as being
arrested here yepterday for the Weath-
erford authorities, snd whom the local
offices were unable to pump, prove*
to be charged with passing a forged
check on a Weatherford bank. It was
not until Sheriff Pope, arrived with a
warrant that the nature of the charge
was learned.
It appears, that his home Is In Long*
BROKE HIS COLLAR BONE.
Hr. Price Has FaQte sad Sustained
Paintol Acrid**!—Was Hiring
Bicycle When Fell
W. A Price, while on his way home
Frida)’ evening sustained a pain-
ful sooident
. He was carrying a wheel huso tor
his eon to no, and not being accus-
tomed to the ooastor brake, loot con-
trol of the wheel and aa he passed
rapidly over the Santa Ft track was
thrown and the fall retailed In a
and ihgtfc* had been working
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Railey, J. E. H. The Weekly Herald. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 27, 1907, newspaper, June 27, 1907; Weatherford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth584859/m1/1/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .